1、Unit 3 War and peace Developing ideas 新标准新标准英语英语高中选择性必修第三册高中选择性必修第三册 Activity 1 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1 What kind of university do you think it is? What do you know about it? 2 How is it different from today s universities? Now read the passage and find out what is so specia
2、l about Lianda. Activity 2 Choose the ideas that are conveyed in the passage. Find evidence to support your choices. 2, 4, 62, 4, 6 Activity 3 Find out what figures of speech are used in the sentences and discuss how they help to express the authors emotions. 1 Their bed was the dusty road and their
3、 roof was the open sky, 2 They had to live in rough buildings, packed 40 to a room, like sardines. Think & Share 1 What difficulties did the professors and students of Lianda encounter? How did they deal with these? 2 What is your understanding of the poem written by Zha Liangzheng? 1 They had to tr
4、avel a long distance to reach Lianda. Throughout the journey, they had no accommodation and had to survive extreme conditions. Also, the conditions in Lianda itself were very harsh. They did not have enough food and studied in rough buildings. Furthermore, their study was often interrupted by air at
5、tacks. They had to adapt to these challenges, for instance, by holding their classes when they were not likely to be bombed. Think & Share 3 What contribution did Lianda make to the education of the nation? 4 In what ways is the theme of war and peace presented differently in the two reading passage
6、s in this unit? 3 Many of Chinas leading scholars and scientists came from Lianda, including two Nobel Prize winners. Lianda s spirit has become the blueprint for all universities in China in the modern era. 4 The passage on the D-Day landings focuses on war as a military operation, and on how dead
7、soldiers are memorialised. The passage on Lianda focuses on how war affected Chinas students and academics, and how they were able to achieve excellence in spite of the great difficulties. Activity 4 Work in groups. Give a talk about the spirit of Lianda. 1 Discuss the questions below. How can you d
8、escribe the spirit of Lianda? What examples support your ideas? What can you learn from the story of Lianda? Activity 4 2 Complete the diagram with your ideas and the examples that support them. Activity 4 3 Give your talk to the class. Now think about your performance in this activity. Did you acti
9、vely participate and contribute ideas? Writing about a war hero Activity 5 Read the introduction to Yang Jingyu and answer the questions. 1 Who was Yang Jingyu? 2 Why did Yang decide to let small groups of his men break through the encirclement? 3 What did the Japanese find when they killed Yang? 4
10、How would you describe Yangs spirit in your own words? Yang Jingyu was an anti-Japanese hero, who died in a fight against Japanese troops. Because at that time there was a critical lack of supplies. They found only tree bark, cotton and grass roots, instead of rice in his stomach. Activity 6 Work in
11、 groups. Talk about other war heroes and choose one to write about. Organise your ideas by completing notes below. Do more research if necessary. Now write an introduction to the war hero you chose. Activity 6 参考范文 Dong Cunrui was born into a poor peasant family in Huailai County, Hebei Province on
12、15 October 1929. In 1945 he joined the Eighth Route Army and in March 1947 he joined the Communist Party of China. On 25 May 1948, the battle for the liberation of Longhua began, and the soldiers of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) flooded towards Longhua Middle School, the headquarters of
13、the enemy. Six jets of fire from a bridge blocked the path of the PLA troops. The bridge was a fortress built by the enemy, and the PLA troops were stuck under a small slope. At the critical moment, they needed a soldier to blow up the bridge and open a new road for the whole army. “Captain, let me
14、blow it up!” Dong Cunrui said, and his request was granted. Under the cover of another soldier, he rushed to the bridge, but could not find a place to put the explosives. Dong Cunrui then lifted the explosives in his left hand, lit the blasting fuse and blew up the enemys fortress. In doing so, he d
15、ied a hero. The story of Dong Cunrui, who gave his life to create a way forward, has been told all over China until today, and has inspired thousands of young people to make sacrifices in defence of our countrys and peoples interests. Activity 7 Make improvements to each others writings and share them with the class.
